Open AccessTobacco exposure is a menace among women: – A cross-sectional study in a rural area of West Bengal, India
Author(s) -
Aparajita Dasgupta,
Akanksha Yadav,
Bobby Paul,
Shibendu Shekhar Roy,
Prasun Ghosh,
Sauryadripta Ghose
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_649_20
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , smokeless tobacco , cross sectional study , tobacco control , tobacco use , tobacco smoke , population , public health , nursing , pathology
In India, despite implementation of the strategies under National Tobacco Control Programme [NTCP], women are easily exposed to tobacco consumption that is smokeless (SLT) and smoking tobacco along with second-hand smoke [SHS], making them highly susceptible to tobacco hazards.